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Watch Performances From WMOT Roots Radio's 895 Fest

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Watch Performances From WMOT Roots Radio's 895 Fest

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May 31, 2019 • It's a celebration of WMOT Roots Radio's friends, neighbors, heroes and legends over two days, including sets by Rodney Crowell, The War & Treaty, Lillie Mae and more!

Tenille Townes Captures The Complexities Of The Heartland With Passion And Empathy

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Tenille Townes Captures The Complexities Of The Heartland With Passion And Empathy

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March 5, 2019 • Townes started making music as a teenager and rose in Canada's flourishing country scene before moving to Nashville at 19.

Tenille Townes On World Cafe

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Adia Victoria Captures The Spirits Of The Blues In A Simple Phrase: Black Genius

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Adia Victoria Captures The Spirits Of The Blues In A Simple Phrase: Black Genius

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February 15, 2019 • Her songs are poetic and political, steeped in both punk and cabaret, and sung in a voice that blends Eartha Kitt's cool with Nina Simone's fury.

Adia Victoria On World Cafe

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Producer-Rapper Duo A.B. And Petty Trace Overlapping Musical Circles

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Producer-Rapper Duo A.B. And Petty Trace Overlapping Musical Circles

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February 1, 2019 • In their first interview together, the Nashville natives talk process, opportunity and country music.

Derek Minor And nobigdyl Have Faith In Fleshing Out Their Own Compelling Visions

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Derek Minor And nobigdyl Have Faith In Fleshing Out Their Own Compelling Visions

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January 11, 2019 • As different as the two Christian rappers are artistically, they proved equally thoughtful about their aims and aspirations in conversation.

Talking Shop With Nashville Creators Natalie Hemby And Luke Dick

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Talking Shop With Nashville Creators Natalie Hemby And Luke Dick

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December 4, 2018 • Over breakfast biscuits and coffee, the two Nashville artists talk about songwriting, filmmaking and how one medium informs the other.

Kathy Mattea And Alanna Quinn-Broadus Followed The 'Breadcrumb Trail Back To Singing'

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Kathy Mattea And Alanna Quinn-Broadus Followed The 'Breadcrumb Trail Back To Singing'

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November 13, 2018 • Mattea and Quinn-Broadus inhabit two totally different musical worlds, but when each artist was stopped in her tracks by vocal difficulties, they found common ground in the journey back to the stage.

Hear One Of The Most Anticipated AmericanaFest Performances: Sam Morrow

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Hear One Of The Most Anticipated AmericanaFest Performances: Sam Morrow

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November 9, 2018 • If you're a fan of Little Feat, Tony Joe White and classic Lynyrd Skynyrd, this Los Angeles based singer-songwriter has it all for you.

Sam Morrow at Americana Music Festival

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Trent Dabbs Will Make You An Optimist With 'Good And Lasting'

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Trent Dabbs Will Make You An Optimist With 'Good And Lasting'

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October 25, 2018 • One of the writers of Kacey Musgrave's "High Horse" is about to release a new solo album.

World Cafe Nashville: Ketch Secor Of Old Crow Medicine Show

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World Cafe Nashville: Ketch Secor Of Old Crow Medicine Show

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October 18, 2018 • Ketch Secor is a Renaissance man who not only continues to make great music with Old Crow, but has also branched out into children's education.

Ketch Secor Of Old Crow Medicine Show on World Cafe

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Hear The East Nashville Band Everyone's Talking About: Cordovas

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Hear The East Nashville Band Everyone's Talking About: Cordovas

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October 18, 2018 • The band performed songs from its first two albums during a live performance at Nashville's The Local, and ended with a fun cover of the Grateful Dead's "Truckin'."

Cordovas at Americana Music Festival

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